Gre - Hard High Frequency Words

Front 1

Admonish

Back 1

Warn, reprove

When asked about her religious beliefs, Mary admonished the guards by saying she will worship as she wishes.

Front 2

Alacrity

Back 2

Eagerness, Cheerfulness

Phil and John packed their stuff with alacrity while leaving to CO to ski.

Front 3

Ameliorate

Back 3

Improve

Many social workers tried to ameliorate the situation of the stress.

Front 4

Analogous

Back 4

Comparable, synonyms

She referred us to analogous situation as the current one and recommended we do the same.

Front 5

Anomalous

Back 5

Abnormal, irregular

She was placed in an anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures she despised.

Front 6

Appease

Back 6

Pacify, Soothe

Tom tried to appease the crying baby by offering a toy.

Front 7

Apprise

Back 7

Inform

Once NASA was apprised of the weather conditions, the chief called off the shuttle launch.

Front 8

Approbation

Back 8

Approval

To marry her lover, she waited some sign of approbation from her parents.

Front 9

Arduous

Back 9

Hard, Strenuous

Her arduous efforts had sapped all her energy

Front 10

Assiduous

Back 10

Diligent

Weeks after his work on the painting, he was satisfied with his work.

Front 11

Aver

Back 11

Assert Confidently, used in as a law, state formally as a fact

Claiming that he had extra sensory perception, the psychic averred he did not need seismographs to predict earthquakes.

Front 12

Belie

Back 12

Contradict, give out a false impression

His hard, rough behavior belied his innate sensitivity

Front 13

Burgeon

Back 13

Grow forth, give out buds

In spring, the plants that burgeon are a sign of beauty that is to come.

Front 14

Capricious

Back 14

Unpredictable, fickle

Jenny is a capricious person, she changes boyfriends as often as she changes clothes.

Front 15

Castigation

Back 15

Punishment, severe criticism

Director of the movie could not bear the castigation from the movie critics.

Front 16

Commensurate

Back 16

Corresponding to the extent of, degree, amount, etc

The nurses were assigned ranks and responsibilities that commensurate with their training.

Front 17

Complaisant

Back 17

Trying to please, overlay polite, obliging

Feared that Henry VII might get angered, the complaisant council declared him as the king.

Front 18

Compliant

Back 18

Yielding, Conforming to requirements

Joel went along with what his friends wanted. His mom was worried he was too compliant.

Front 19

Conciliatory

Back 19

Reconciling, soothing

She was really angry, Jack's conciliatory words couldn't calm her down.

Front 20

Condone

Back 20

Overlook, forgive, excuse

Huck was condoned for his minor offenses, but his aunt scolded him.

Front 21

Confound

Back 21

Confuse, Puzzle

No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long.

Front 22

Contention

Back 22

Claim, Thesis

It is our contention that if you study as we suggested, it will boost your GRE score.

Front 23

Contentious

Back 23

Quarrelsome

After Jackson grew pretty contentious during the game, he was ejected.

Front 24

Conundrum

Back 24

Puzzle, riddle

Front 25

Convoluted

Back 25

Intricate, coiled around, involved

Front 26

Deference

Back 26

Courteous regard for other's wish.

In deference to the minister's request, please do not take any pictures during the wedding ceremony.

Front 27

Delineate

Back 27

Portray, depict

He delineated the character with just few descriptive phrases.

Front 28

Denigrate

Back 28

Blacken

Attempts to denigrate the president's image were foiled.

Front 29

Desultory

Back 29

Aimless, Haphazard

Malcolm X set himself the task to go through the dictionary, for him studying was purposeful not desultory.

Front 30

Diatribe

Back 30

bitter scolding

During the diatribe delivered by his opponent, he remained calm.